Where does “thurft” come from?

thurft (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *þurfti, from Proto-Germanic þurftiz, from Proto-Germanic þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.

thurft (Old Saxon): need, lack, necessity

Definitions

  1. need, lack, necessity

Ancestry of “thurft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*þurfti—
2Proto-Germanicþurftizneed, necessity
3Proto-Germanicþurbanąto need, to require; to have to
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

Words derived from “thurft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurbaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurftiz →